Planetary pump



June 17, 1941. M. w. FRASER PLANETARY PUMP Original Filed Aug. 15, 1939 Patented June 17, 1941 PLANETARY PUMP Malcolm W. Fraser, Toledo, Ohio, assignor to Detroit Harvester Company, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Original application August 15, 1939, Serial No. 290,274. Divided and this application Sep- 2,24s,4ss

tember 4, 1940, Serial No. 355,332

.3 Claims.

This invention relates to rotary force pumps but more particularly to planetary pumps of the type employing a rotatable eccentric disc and an object is to produce a new and improved planetary pump of this character in which the rotatable eccentric rotates relatively to a, concentric member .to which is bonded a layer of rubber or rubber-like material which has a partition extension arranged between the inlet and outlet ports, such extension being of relatively hard rubber and to such extension being bonded a relatively flexible or resilient rubber cross arm adapted to be disposed in sealing contact with opposed walls of a cavity, formed in the casing.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and for purposes of illustration but not of limitation, an embodiment of the invention is shown on the accompanying drawing in which Figure l is a sectional elevation of the planetary pump and easing;

ll 'igure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure l; and

Figure 3 is a' sectional view of an alternate form of pump in which the relatively rigid or hard rubber portion encircles the metallic sleeve or bushing element, there being a relatively soft rubber layer bonded to thehard rubber layer.

This application constitutes a division of my co-pending application Serial No. 290,274, filed August 15, 1939.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention comprises a substantially cup-shaped casing or housing ill formed with a radial inlet conduit ii and, outlet conduit [2 which are disposed in relatively close juxtaposed relation. The open end of the housing is closed by a disc it which is secured to the housing by screws I5. The housing in this instance has bosses l6 through which extend bolts H for securing the housing to a suitable support S. Having bearing in a wall of the housing I0 and in the closure plate or disc M is a rotary shaft l8 to which is keye an eccentrically mounted disc l9 which approximately fills the space between the closure disc.

it and the bottom wall of the housing I0.

The eccentric disc I9 fits within a metallic sleeve or bushing =20 which is concentric with the disc which rotates relatively thereto. On the is bonded at one end to the relatively soft rubber layer 2| and at the opposite end to the cross portion of the T 24 which is of relatively flexible resilient rubber. The cross portion 241s disposed in a cavity 25 formed in the casing I0 shaped snugly to flt the opposite ends of the portion 24 but sufficient space being afiorded to allow the portion 24 to flex during the rotary movement of the pump.

-It will be manifest that the relatively hard rubber neck 23 has a slight amount of sliding movement toward and away from the cavity 25 during'the operation of the pump. It will be apparent that if desired, the neck portion may be bonded directly to the bushing instead of being bonded to the outer surface of the relatively resilient rubber layer.

Inasmuch as planetary pumps of this general character are well-known in the art, it is not considered necessary to explain the operation thereof in detail. It will be recognized that the relatively resilient rubber T of the extension yields as the eccentric disc rotates to enable the resilient rubber sleeve to be moved progressively into intimate engagement with the side walls of the pump chamber creating a fluid-tight translatory contact point with portions of the inner walls of the casing. During such movement, the relatively hard rubber neck portion will have a slight amount of rectilinear sliding movement as well as a slight amount of lateral movement in one direction or the other, the relatively resillent T extension flexing to accommodate such movements and effecting a sealing contact with opposed walls of the cavity in which it is disposed. Although a pump of this character is admirably adapted for handling fluids, it is particularly useful in the handling of liquids such,

for example, as contain a certain amount of gritty substances.

The form shown in Figure 3 is similar to that shown'in Figure 2 except that the metallic bushing or sleeve 20a has bonded to the outer surface thereof a relatively thin layer 26 of relatively hard or rigid rubber with which the relatively hard or rigid rubber neck 23a is integral. Bonded to-the outer surface of. the relatively hard rubber layer 26 is a relatively thin sleeve ber core and the metallic sleeve will not loosen.

It is to be understood that numerous changes in details of construction, arrangement and operation may be effected without departing from the spirit of the invention especially as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a pump of the character described, a casing having spaced inlet and outlet ports, a rotatable eccentric disc within said casing, a bushing'fitting said eccentric disc and being concentric thereof, a rubber layer bonded to the outer surface of said bushing, there being a substantially T-shaped cavity in said casing intermediate said inlet and outlet ports, an extension on said rubber layer bonded thereto, said extension being of rubber harder than the rubher in said layer, and a cross arm of relatively resilient rubber bonded intermediate its ends to said extension with the end portions thereof arranged to flex freely within said cavity in sealing contact with the opposed walls thereof.

2. In a pump of the character described, a casing havin spaced inlet and outlet ports, a rotatable eccentric disc within said casing, a bushing fitting said eccentric disc and being concentric thereof, a rubber layer bonded to the outer surface of said bushing, there being a substantially T-shaped cavity in said casing intermediate said inlet and outlet ports, an extension projecting laterally with respect to said rubber layer and substantially fitting one portion of said cavity, said extension being of rubber harder than the rubber in said layer, and a cross arm of relatively resilient rubber bonded intermediate its ends to said extension with the end portions thereof arranged to flex freely within the other portion of said cavity in sealing contact with the opposed walls thereof.

3. In a pump of the character described, a casing having spaced inlet and outlet ports, a rotatable eccentric disc within said casing, a bushing fitting said eccentric disc and being concentric thereof, a relatively hard rubber layer bonded to the outer surface of said bushing, a relatively resilient and flexible rubber layer bonded to the outer surface of said relatively hard rubber layer, there being a substantially T-shaped cavity in said casing intermediate said inlet and outlet ports, a neck portion of relatlvelyhard rubber integral with said hard rubber layer and projecting therefrom substantially to fit one portion of said cavity, and a cross arm of relatively resilient flexible rubber bonded intermediate its ends to said neck portion with the end portions thereof arranged to flex freely within the said cavity in sealing contact with the opposed Walls thereof.

MALCOLM W. FRASER. 

